The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-10-09
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Polk's Case In Tennessee BuryiBr q Neere
for q White Defnuleer. who Meanwhile
Pursued n Quiet Existence In Canada,
From the ctncfnnda Eneair1.
wAsHINaToN. Sept. 25.mOne Of the most
N eSe that the
Treasurer Polk has been lately seen in Mexico.
"T he story that Polk has como to life again
is not surprising. We have had o number OF
cases OF prominent criminals apparently dy-
s s inst sS hs time and theH n u s9 sent
RoW s Sf' milf million
nephew q s9V MIS- Presdent Polk as has been
S4sr S By he rssds as IF nss
a aephe wan and sdoptsa SOM was to him ,hss
after his wiie's death, which, BY the way, has
not yet occurred. Polk, the State Treasurer,
has had curious career, Hs was very popu;;
the Presdent, had, Of course The highest social
rank. He was in the Gonfederate army. and
when he was for sste ~
nominating convention. The Republican cam
dldate who opposed him was named Gosllng.
was the man who captured him in Texas after
his flight and brought him bnck to Nashville.
SSss left s sd r ssoes s H hea
and i was as such that he arrested his former
political al opponent . .a a. vos,r,u. 49, 800,
sentenced to twenty years in the, penitentiary.
a Ths s % t. Ss The Baass sSs
cemetery and buried. The question whether
he was P &C. an inmate Of this coffin
There have been number Of such mysteri-
GUS disappearances In East Tennessee. Two
D %s hs Sas PECAN e. Be P Rs
coming out Of the war Of 1917 The Interior
arrested and found to have stolen a fortune in
this way. He was let out on bail and went to
came that he was dead. a few days later a
coffin was sent from Kansas to Tennessee.
which was said to contain his remains. A
tSe aeepsss m no SR 4ns IN
the West to-day, ana II is an open secret IN
bs fa s hs Is Ta f Hs He
Another case was that e q Thomas q g; Boyd
and ii the circumstances OF his disappearanc appearances
are as wildly romantic as those Of any yellow.
backed novel. Boyd was the brother In jaw Of
cheated, the. Governmsnt out OF 100000
psnsions Which he got for parties Supposed s to
have been In the late war. but which parties he
and the monsg sent for whom he
the boldest effrontery. At one time through a
sMa he
same day and tried to get two PENSIONS and It
Is my impression that he succeeded. Such
rested, and his position in the community was
such that he easily got bail.
Before the trial took place he and his
hpnt how nnl n ri ha rnff h<a
State into North Carolina WHICH was not far.
as they lived in the corner Of Tennessee, near
days after they left the brother came back
said that himself and hts brother had been
men. and that these men had tied him to a
tree, and he had seen them shoot his brother.
they hd h0 him from Where he
he had managed to free himself and he want-
Rp hm Sns his rsans IN
pS5ssd New set il R w that sss
bones we're not the bones Of a White man.
%eh Of Sad h
face Of Thomas @: Boyd must have covered.
suopicions OF the doctor led the Masonic frater-
nifty, which had started out In apron and fune-
saf a 81
was carried on, however. without them. The
body was taken to the village, thence carried
family In mourning to the bnrying ground on
the family estate. twelve miles from Sweet:
water Now II happened i, TINT funeral had
Boyd family who had died in swsetwater r. and
Re Boyds should Dtsr this sd IN
their private cemetery. and should carry him
twelve miles into the country to do SO.
department at Washington to look Into the
matter. They heard the rumors as to the ne;
yds Is ms and
the old negr? servants grave. Strange to say,
they found this empty. and the truth Of the
rled to the mountains, his corpse burned be-
yond recognition, and his bones carried back as
In the mean time boyd had skipped to
Canada. and he was caught In curious way.
was Lying at TorSS on and no one II
. notion he Would like to hear from home.
He wrote q letter to. the, Rnorpils Tribune
Saying that he was q Canadian and that 10
had heard much Of tho fertil!ies and beau
ties Of East Tennessee, and had decided upon
ms his bs %aa . In have Sa
KnorpiAe Tribune sent to him for given
period that he might through 1t study the
name. When the letter came to the
Knoxville Tribune 1t happened that one OF the
printers, who had worked a long time at Sweet.
with Boyd's chirography. and he at once pro-
the letter to DO in Boyd's handwriting
This statement came to tho ears OF the bonds
men. and n man named Lenoir. who was among
them, and who, for a long time, believed in
Boyds innocence. took out extradition papers,
him, and brought him back to Tennessee for
trial. He was sentenced to Ave years In the
got hold OF he had transferred s5O,0O0 worth
OF II In real estate to one Of his nephews The
transfer was only nominal one. and II was In
got out OF the penitentiary When his term
finally ended and he tried to get the property,
The result was that his nepkew shot him n. $50 30
you see," concluded the Tennesseean, "the
dsappearances OF criminals are by
no medns new Ia East Tennessee"